Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify personal and enterprise goals
- Identify and record personal goals
- Identify and document physical, biological, social and financial resources under management
- Identify and analyse the values, expectations and personal goals of customers, stakeholders and employees
- Identify and document sustainability goals using current and historical industry data and organisational records
- Research and evaluate available sustainable production systems
- Identify and document potential enterprises and evaluate against identified goals and resources
- Research and evaluate applicable sustainable production systems information from a range of sources for identified enterprises
- Identify and document a selected production system that meets sustainability and enterprise management goals of the farm
- Compare the elements of the selected system with the systems and production processes that currently exist on the farm
- Assess the selected system against enterprise goals and sustainability principles and record the findings
- Develop a sustainable production plan
- Document required modifications to existing farm system processes and infrastructure for the chosen enterprises and production systems
- Identify and document optimal production targets
- Identify inputs and system design elements required to achieve the production targets
- Establish risk management strategies
- Identify record keeping requirements
- Develop and document a sustainable production plan for the selected enterprises and production systems
- Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of the sustainable production systems
- Establish farm system monitoring procedures and performance indicators
- Monitor performance indicators and against productionand sustainability targets
- Evaluate production and sustainability data against the sustainable production plan goals
- Modify the enterprise mix or production system where differences between the sustainable production plan and actual results are identified
- Identify, monitor and assess environmental impacts and work health and safety hazards relating to the production processes throughout the production cycle
- Record and manage information and data
- Create and maintain records and documents in line with the production plan, the work health and safety requirements, and machinery and equipment management programs
- Maintain record keeping systems and data to enterprise and industry standards and requirements
- Prepare and assess recommendations for future sustainable production plans
- Document revised plans and note changes in organic management plan (OMP), if applicable